EDIBLE IDIOMS
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN
PARENTING TIPS FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA
TV REBOOT CAM
A QUICK WORKOUT
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER
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It's something of little importance or value, like, say, legumes in a heap
a hill of beans
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Wilson Greatbatch was trying to record heart sounds, but using an incorrect resistor led him to invent the first implantable this
a pacemaker
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Victorian doc Henry Kennedy said kids got the best sleep pointed in this direction, like a compass, cuz, you know, electricity
north
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Originally played comedically by the actor of the same name, this character got dramatic in "Bel-Air" in 2022
Will Smith
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Looking to get in some cardio without too much impact on your joints? Check out this machine named for the oval path your feet take
an elliptical
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To hear something with thoughtful attention & making no sound
listen & silent
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In a 1785 poem William Cowper referred to this as "the very spice of life"; spoken like a man who's never tried sriracha
variety
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John Walker scraped some combustible materials he'd been mixing off the wooden stirrer & it burst into flames; this was born
a (friction) match
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In 1839 Thomas Bull (M.D.) wrote that women with nervous temperaments "ought never to suckle" & should use this kind of nurse
a wet nurse
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Near 7-foot John DeSantis played Shaq--but not that Shaq--Frankenstein & Giant Mutant after taking on this part in "The New Addams Family"
Lurch
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Strongman George Hackenschmidt popularized this chest exercise named for the equipment you lie on while performing it
a bench press
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In the buff & a crescent-shaped sand mound
nude & dune
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At the dinner table, it can be a tempting item, perhaps twice baked--or a subject best avoided
a hot potato
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Albert Hofmann was out to discover new stimulants when he accidentally dosed himself with this drug; pretty groovy
LSD
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Baby Constance needs a teething toy? Put the feet of one of these burrowing creatures around her neck & let her rip
a mole
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Let's see if you can put things together quickly; Richard Dean Anderson had this title role in the '80s; Lucas Till built on it in 2016
MacGyver
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RDL is short for the "Romanian" variation of this exercise, which can be done with a barbell or dumbbells
deadlift
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A glowing streak in the sky & an adjective meaning distant
meteor & remote
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TV's "MythBusters" once tested whether "taking" this is "as easy" as the idiom suggests--conclusion: nope
taking candy from a baby
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He returned from a summer vacation to find a contaminated Petri dish, leading to the discovery of penicillin
Fleming
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Dainty dresses allowed easy access for a diaper change; here's this future prez in one while rocking some mean bangs
FDR
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My dear guests! After giving up the dream & going off the air in 1984, Mr. Roarke gave way to Ms. Roarke on this reboot in 2021
Fantasy Island
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The open warehouse-style facilities of this fitness program are called "boxes"; the first one opened in California in 2001
CrossFit
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The main enemy of a novel's hero & a situation of no economic growth
antagonist & stagnation
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This 3-word term once referred to a vessel for boiling the catch at river picnics; today, "fine" or not, it means a hot mess
kettle of fish
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One of his signature effects used in early films like "A Trip to the Moon" was created when the film in his camera jammed up
Méliès
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Avoid giving tiny Agnes a green toy--it could have been painted with Paris green, full of this rat poison poorly regulated
arsenic
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Robert Stack was untouchable as this lawman in 1959, as was Tom Amandes in 1993
Eliot Ness
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If these bodyweight exercises, popular in the military, got the first name of the man who invented them, we'd all hate doing Royals
burpees
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One bead of fluid from the lacrimal gland & an animal that attacks other animals
teardrop & predator